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The Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung has said that Nigeria does not need to attend the next World Cup competition to be held in Russi...

The Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung has said that Nigeria
does not need to attend the next World Cup competition to be held in Russia in
2018.

According to Vanguard, he made this known while speaking in
an interview with Voice of America, Hausa Service.

He said that Nigeria is too poor to waste money on a
competition (World Cup) that ‘stinks of corruption’, adding that Nigeria would
‘never win the trophy.

He said:

That competition stinks of corruption; that Nigeria is too
poor to waste money on it and that Nigeria would never win the trophy.

The cup that we can win is the African Cup of Nations. There
is nothing again that will take us to another man’s balcony in the name of the
World Cup. We already have the Commonwealth Games and the Olympics. For these,
we can attend such meets. But I am opposed to the World Cup. We don’t agree to
it. Conspiracy in the World Cup is too much.

There is the issue of bribery and favouritism. There is also
the issue of corruption before you are even given the hosting rights. We are
here suffering from hunger and we don’t have money for such things. That is
why, even if we try many times, once it gets into the politics of the game, we
can never win.

That was why this year, we had to tackle him (FIFA
President, Gianni Infantino) and we said, ‘you , Infantino, if you win this
election, you have to give us a position. If not, we shall not agree’. And you
see, by the grace of God, he even picked an African as his Secretary-General.
That means he has started taking honey and rubbing on our lips. That means that
one day, we shall get to really lick the honey.

The Super Eagles of Nigeria is leading Group B in the
qualifiers for the World Cup in 2018 with a maximum 6 points after beating
Algeria 3-1 in Uyo on Saturday.

Cameroon is second with two points after playing 1-1 with
Zambia in another group match on Saturday.